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It’s a heck of a way to run a pre-election campaign. On the eve of an expected election, politicians usually spend their time playing up good news, downplaying the bad, shaking hands and kissing babies.

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge stands with Chief Scout Bear Grylls (R) as she watches a march past of several hundred scouts as she attends a national celebration for scouts who have achieved their Queen’s Scout Awards at Windsor Castle on April 21, 2013.

After consulting with its insurance company, the Lethbridge School District No. 51 pulled its lone team out of the upcoming cheerleading championships at the West Edmonton Mall. The school board said its insurance company thought “it was prudent” to issue a four-week travel warning, advising the school and its students to stay away from the West Edmonton Mall after the recent threat of terrorism.